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  • Beer tent stolen right before festival

    Scott Hunter|Jul 2, 2025

    by Scott Hunter Festival organizers getting everything ready for the chamber of commerce's big Festival of America below the dam Friday discovered a key asset had gone missing Monday morning - the beer tent. Apparently, a thief had backed up to the trailer holding the chamber's assortment of festival tents, tables and chairs, and temporary fencing, hitched it up, and drove off. The big tent has been used for several years at festivals where libations are served as a fund raiser. It was also...

  • Welcome to the Festival of America

    Jul 2, 2025

    For a stand-alone guide to just the Festival of America, pull this sheet of paper out from the rest. You'll get just the info on the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored festival and related items. But if you're wanting more information about the local area, keep it all together. Above, people watch the fireworks shoot from the top of Grand Coulee Dam in this 30-second exposure from 2022....

  • Music and more on the Fourth

    Jul 2, 2025

    From 12-2 pm Fuel For Ghosts The local rock band will play originals & covers. They feature a local barista and teachers. Dylan, the barista has played for several local festivals and cut his musical chops on the mean streets of Portlandia. 3-5 America's First Corps Band – These musicians stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, will playing pop & rock covers. We've had several military bands at our festivals, and they never fail to please enthusiastic crowds. 7-9 Vaughn Jensen Band ...

  • Special showing planned for older light show

    Scott Hunter|Jul 2, 2025

    The Bureau of Reclamation will put on a special showing of the original Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam on this Independence Day. The original light show was commissioned to launch in 1989 in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Washington's statehood. At that time, a laser show was relatively unusual and a sophisticated technology for this rural community, even though the guts of the original show's computer was basically an Atari video game board. That show ran nightly through sum...

  • Bread, moonshine and more

    Jul 2, 2025

    A variety of vendors will be ready to serve you in the park just below the Visitor Center at Grand Coulee Dam. Several types of food and treats will be offered at seven different stands. Also in the market, lots of variety, including body art, fresh bread, soaps, blooms and moonshine - wait, we don't know what that one is about but we'll have to check them all out. Food Inland Empire Concessions Marsalees Thai Food Marsalees Burgers & Ice Cream SweetLips El Charro Birrieria What's Poppn' Ali'i...

  • Coulee Cops

    Jul 2, 2025

    Grand Coulee Police 6/11 - Someone reported that a man and woman constantly go into the bathrooms at North Dam Park and stay there for 20 minutes at a time, possibly doing drugs. - A person walking down SR-155 was reported as suspicious. He told police he was walking home and had declined a ride earlier. He didn’t display any concerning behaviors. 6/13 - A man wanted an incident documented in which a woman didn’t show up at Safeway to transfer custody of their child. 6/14 - A deer ran down a hill and into the passenger side of a Toyota Pri...

  • Pretty, colorful and talented

    Jun 25, 2025

    Members of the Sanzar Dance Company, of Wenatchee, pose for a photo by Banks Lake before performing at Friday Market at North Dam Park. The girls, all between 12 and 16 years old, performed in two sets for an enthusiastic crowd at the event, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Leadership training is now available

    Scott Hunter|Jun 25, 2025

    A group working to inject the skills and abilities of thoughtful leadership into communities is offering training to do that in Grant County, and north county residents can even get some pay to offset mileage. The Leadership Institute of NCW is all about "Educating and Empowering Community Members for Civic Leadership in NCW." It was a hit in Chelan County last year; this year it's concentrating on Grant County, with plans to do it again in Okanogan County in the next year or so. Nancy Boord is...

  • Coulee Cops

    Jun 25, 2025

    Grand Coulee Police 6/6 - Dogs were deemed not dangerous after chasing after a man on a bike near North Dam Park and barking but making no attempt to bite. The owner had leash laws explained to him and said he’d keep the dogs on a leash. - A landlord was upset that police couldn’t do anything about two males staying in an apartment on Grand Coulee Avenue they aren’t on the lease for. The lessor hasn’t paid rent in 10 months and the landlord is going through the eviction process. Police explained that the eviction process had to complet...

  • Happy, painted faces

    Jun 18, 2025

    Painted faces on these kids reflect some success with filling out their passports, like the one the boy on the right is holding up. The chamber of commerce enlisted the participation of 28 businesses and organizations to put on something for the kids to do during the annual Koulee Kids Fest, such as face painting, done by Faith Community Church. The kids get their passports stamped at several spots, then qualify for a drawing. This year, Reel Rec donated a drone, which was won by a 6-year-old...

  • Counties, feds restrict burning

    Scott Hunter|Jun 18, 2025

    The use of fire is restricted in 20 Eastern Washington counties by one federal agency, and along Lake Roosevelt by the National Park Service, even after two local counties started their annual fire restrictions earlier than normal. Federal Bureau of Land Management officials have restricted activities on public lands to reduce the risk of human-caused wildfires in Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and...

  • Zellers celebrate 60th anniversary

    Jun 18, 2025

    Sam and Sandy Zeller of Coulee Dam will celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The couple was married in Beulah, N.D. and have lived in the Coulee area since the early seventies. Both are retired and enjoy balancing their time between the Grand Coulee area and Arizona. They have one son Ed(Karen), 4 step-grandchildren and 8 step-great-grandchildren. Congratulations Dad and Mom!! Cheers!!...

  • Coulee Cops

    Jun 18, 2025

    Coulee Dam Police 6/8 - A Coulee Dam officer assisted a Grand Coulee officer arrest a man for a court order violation on Midway and Main Streets in Grand Coulee. The Grand Coulee officer took the man to jail. - A disturbance on Cardinal Road in Delano that Coulee Dam Police looked into at the request of the Grant County Sheriff’s Office turned out to be a woman upset that her dog had to be put down. 6/9 - Police didn’t see anyone around River Drive after receiving a report of harassment in that area. 6/10-6/11 - Reports were filed without furth...

  • Legals

    Jun 18, 2025

    INVITATION TO BID Town of Coulee Dam TIB ADA Ramp Upgrades – Stage 1 (REBID) Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Town of Coulee Dam until 1:00 PM on July 2, 2025, at which time bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bid proposals may be sent by mail, or hand delivered, to the Town Clerk at the Town of Coulee Dam, Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Avenue, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, prior to the opening. The envelope shall be plainly marked with “SEALED BID for the Town of Coulee Dam – TIB ADA Ramp Upgrades – Stage 1 Project... Full story

  • Lake Roosevelt graduates 46 strong people

    Scott Hunter|Jun 11, 2025

    Nearly four dozen young adults walked across the stage and out the door Saturday after graduating from Lake Roosevelt High School having already seen some hard reality and ready to take life on. "We are proof that hard times create strong people," is the official motto of the class of 2025. They started high school in 2021 in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic with all its health and cultural complications, steeped in a time that would teach them about the fragility of human life. In the middle...

  • Two execs tour the dam their company built

    Scott Hunter|Jun 11, 2025

    Two people trekked across the country last week to understand a piece of their Kentucky company's history, with a major claim to fame being the Grand Coulee Dam. Now called Mason & Hanger, theirs was the lead company in the consortium of companies that built the original dam. They're the M in MWAK, the initials for Mason-Walsh-Atkinson-Kier. On Wednesday, Ben Lilly, the president of Mason & Hanger, and Holly Holt, its vice president in charge of marketing, came to town to fill in the blanks in...

  • Coulee Cops

    Jun 11, 2025

    Grand Coulee Police 5/24 - A Grand Coulee officer heard over the radio that park rangers at Steamboat Rock State Park had pulled over a vehicle for speeding and that the vehicle took off but stopped when the driver got out and ran on foot into the brush. A park ranger, Grand Coulee officer, and Coulee Dam officer looked for him while another ranger stayed with the vehicle and passengers. They spoke only Ukrainian but were able to call a friend to help translate. Some campers came by and said they’d seen a man running at the north end of the c...

  • New police chief has his work cut out for him

    Scott Hunter|Jun 4, 2025

    Matt Ponusky is no stranger to the city of Grand Coulee. He served it as a police officer for about seven years, then transferred to Coulee Dam's police department at the end of 2023. Now, he's back - as the chief of police. Hiring him ends a long slog for the city, which started looking for a new chief before longtime chief John Tufts retired in March, 2024. The post has been filled either by an interim chief or not at all since then. Turns out finding a chief of police is not too easy....

  • Parents can track school buses with an app

    Scott Hunter|Jun 4, 2025

    Parents will be able to track their kids as if they were being delivered by UPS. That’s because school bus drivers in the Grand Coulee Dam School District will log on and off each child who rides their bus, with new devices and software to help keep track of the students. And, of course, there’s an app for that. Parents can follow their kids’ buses on their phones and know what time the child will be dropped off, said Superintendent Rod Broadnax at his last “Coffee with the Superintendent” May 27 at Voltage Coffee House. “We’ve had a couple of...

  • State budget shuts out funding for Imagination Library

    Jun 4, 2025

    The final 2025–2027 operating budget for Washington state reneges on earlier commitments made by the state in 2022. Funding to expand the Imagination Library of Washington was not included in the final budget, which could impact over 121,000 children currently enrolled in the program. Founded by Dolly Parton in 1995 in honor of her father — who could not read or write — the Imagination Library is the flagship program of The Dollywood Foundation. The program provides children from birth to age 5 with a high-quality, age- appropriate book every...

  • Coulee Cops

    Jun 4, 2025

    Grand Coulee Police 5/13 - A woman heard a car hit hers from inside her Spokane Way residence. It seemed the vehicle hit her Chevy Malibu, pushing it into a man’s Chevy Impala before taking off. A broken off piece of plastic from the suspect vehicle belonged to a Jeep Cherokee between years 2014-2018. Security footage from a nearby carwash showed a white Jeep driving on Spokane Way towards SR-174 in the parking lane, hitting the first Chevy, pushing it into the other, causing damage to the vehicles. An officer found a white Jeep with f...

  • Scholarships Awarded to Class of 2025

    Jun 4, 2025

    The Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association is offering scholarships in the amount of $500 to two members of the Lake Roosevelt Jr.-Sr. High School Class of 2025: Riley Ayling and Heidi White. Both students wrote of high levels of engagement in high school life, including success in academics, extracurricular activities, and community service, as well as focused goals going forward after high school. Six students from out of the area who are descendants of graduates of Grand Coulee High School prior to its consolidation with Coulee Dam...

  • Legals

    Jun 4, 2025

    9 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed government agencies in Washington State in Eastern Washington (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties), including - but not limited to - cities (Title 35 RCW and Title 35A RCW), counties (Title...

  • Nespelem School rejects GCD district's sports contract

    Scott Hunter|May 28, 2025

    Nespelem School District directors Tuesday voted to reject a proposal for a combined sports program with the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Directors said it was too restrictive and unfair and reacted to it taking obvious offense. I clause outlining “participation restrictions” sparked resentment. Board Chair Jolene Marchand read it out loud: “Nespelem School District may not initiate, offer or support any independent high school sports program for the duration of this agreement. Should Nespelem launch or sanction any such program, the f...

  • Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees

    Alex Baumhardt, Washington State Standard|May 21, 2025

    Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees by Alex Baumhardt, Washington State Standard May 20, 2025 Grand Coulee Dam is among the most powerful energy-generating dams on earth. It's the bedrock of the federal Columbia River Power System - a network of 31 dams supplying more than half of the hydropower in the Northwest. Grand Coulee alone, overseen by the federal Bureau of Reclamation, generates one-quarter of that. But critical operations at...

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